Tabla de Contenidos: “…Deployment scenarios -- 4.1 Deployment scenarios -- 4.1.1 Server farm and small data center -- 4.1.2 Medium-sized data center -- 4.1.3 Large data center -- 4.1.4 Application deployment -- 4.1.5 Content management -- 4.1.6 Workstation, desktop, and laptop deployment -- 4.1.7 Typical characteristics of deployment scenarios -- 4.2 Sample case study -- 4.2.1 Scenario -- 4.2.2 Environment inventory -- 4.2.3 Requirements definition -- 4.2.4 Disaster recovery plans -- 4.2.5 Solution design -- 4.2.6 Procurement -- 4.2.7 Project planning -- 4.2.8 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server and storage implementation -- 4.2.9 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client and application integration -- 4.2.10 Development of custom tools -- 4.2.11 Staff training -- 4.2.12 Recovery testing -- 4.3 Tivoli Storage Manager server design factors -- Chapter 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.5.1 Using DataAdapter and DataSet (Disconnected model) -- 8.5.2 Calling stored procedures -- 8.5.3 Controlling transaction -- 8.5.4 Using large objects (LOBs) -- 8.5.5 Binding Data Controls with ADO.NET -- 8.5.6 Accessing DB2 with Web Forms -- 8.6 Add-ins and stored procedures in CLR -- 8.6.1 IBM DB2 Development Add-In overview -- 8.6.2 DB2 Toolbar -- 8.6.3 DB2 Database Project type -- 8.6.4 Data Connections folder in the IBM Explorer -- 8.6.5 DB2 SQL Editor -- 8.7 Developing DB2 stored procedures in .NET -- 8.7.1 Save and build the solution -- Chapter 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.1 Steps for building a large partitioned database -- 3.2 Disk considerations -- 3.2.1 Summary of the most popular RAID levels -- 3.2.2 Data placement -- 3.2.3 Log placement -- 3.2.4 Data availability and performance -- 3.2.5 General storage performance recommendations -- 3.3 Database design considerations -- 3.3.1 Understand data partitioning -- 3.3.2 Define the number of database partitions -- 3.3.3 Define database partition groups -- 3.3.4 Design the table spaces -- 3.3.5 Understand partitioning map -- 3.3.6 Choose the partitioning key -- 3.3.7 Size the tables -- 3.3.8 Size for MDC utilization -- 3.3.9 Size for MQT utilization -- 3.3.10 Configure DB2 UDB -- 3.3.11 Recommended parameters for performance -- 3.3.12 Naming conventions -- Chapter 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Supporting contextual navigation -- Coping with large amounts of content -- An Example -- A Valuable Process -- Controlled Vocabularies -- Design Collaboration -- Design Sketches -- Web-Based Prototypes -- Point-of-Production Information Architecture -- Putting It All Together: Information Architecture Style Guides -- The "Why" Stuff -- The "How" Stuff -- Part IV -- Education -- Transition in Education -- A World of Choice -- But Do I Need a Degree? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Limitations of National Income Estimation in India -- Determinants of the Size of a Country's National Income -- Reasons for India's Low National Income -- Economic Causes -- Political Causes -- Social Causes -- Remedies -- National Income and Economic Welfare -- Inequalities of National Income Distribution -- Causes -- Effects -- Capital Formation and Inequalities of Income -- Steps Taken by Governments to Reduce Inequalities -- Uses of National Income Data -- Summary -- Notes -- Key Words -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 3: Business and Its Environment -- Business: Meaning, Characteristics and Objectives -- Divisions of Business -- Characteristics of Modern Businesses -- Large Size -- Global Reach -- Oligopolistic Structure -- Based on Technology -- Diverse -- Government Control -- Emerging Ethical Consciousness -- Business Environment -- The Internal Environment -- The External Environment -- The Economic Environment -- Economic Systems -- Structural Equilibrium -- Banking and Monetary Policy -- Fiscal Policy -- Economic and Price Stability -- Money and Capital Market -- Factor Endowments -- Size of the Market -- Social Overhead Capital -- Income Distribution and Purchasing Power -- External Trade/International Environment -- The Non-Economic Environment -- The Socio-Cultural Environment -- The Educational Environment -- The Politico-Legal Environment -- The Demographic Environment -- Summary -- Notes -- Key Words -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 4: Natural Resources -- Introduction -- Land Resources -- Irrigation -- Power -- Eco-Efficiency Strategy of Power Grid -- Hydropower and Sustainable Development -- Forest Resources -- Forest and Wildlife Conservation -- Forest Cover -- Fresh Water Resources -- Minerals -- Coal Mining -- Iron Ore -- Manganese Ore -- Bauxite -- Copper, Lead and Zinc…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rack Servers -- Blade Servers -- Rack Servers -- Form-Factor Conclusions -- Alternative Hardware Approaches -- Cloud Computing -- Converged Hardware -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Designing Your Network -- Examining Key Network Components -- Physical Connectivity -- Network Traffic Types -- Software Components -- Exploring Factors Influencing the Network Design -- Physical Switch Support -- vSwitches and Distributed vSwitches -- IP-Based Storage -- 10Gb Ethernet -- I/O Virtualization -- SR-IOV and DirectPath I/O -- Server Architecture -- Crafting the Network Design -- Availability -- Manageability -- Performance -- Recoverability -- Security -- Design Scenarios -- Two NICs -- Four NICs -- Six NICs -- Eight NICs -- Looking to the Future -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Storage -- Dimensions of Storage Design -- Storage Design Factors -- Storage Efficiency -- vSphere Storage Features -- Designing for Capacity -- RAID Options -- Estimating Capacity Requirements -- VMFS Capacity Limits -- Large or Small Datastores? -- Thin Provisioning -- Data Deduplication -- Array Compression -- Downside of Saving Space -- Designing for Performance -- Measuring Storage Performance -- How to Calculate a Disk's IOPS -- What Can Affect a Storage Array's IOPS? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…12.6 Small wind ensembles: studio or concert layout -- 13 Wind, brass, and percussion bands -- 13.1 A note about dynamic range and ear protection -- 13.2 Large wind ensembles -- 13.3 Classical brass ensemble -- 13.4 Brass band -- 13.5 Percussion ensembles -- 14 Organ -- 14.1 Brief introduction to the pipe organ -- 14.2 Doing a venue reconnoitre -- 14.3 Microphone choices, stands, and cable runs -- 14.4 Basic technique: straightforward organ layout -- 14.5 Organs with pipe divisions in several locations -- 14.6 Interesting acoustic effects and other awkward corners -- 14.7 Monitoring limitations -- 14.8 Communication: talk microphone -- 14.9 Noise -- 14.10 Electronic organs -- 14.11 Organ with orchestra: overdubbing or simultaneous recording -- 14.12 Organ pitch -- 14.13 Sampled organs -- 15 Choirs -- 15.1 General notes on microphone choice and placement -- 15.2 Choir spacing -- 15.3 Small choir -- 15.4 The choral society -- 15.5 Choral society with soloists and organ in concert -- 15.6 Antiphonal church choir -- 16 Solo voice, orchestra, and choir -- 16.1 Orchestra and choir -- 16.2 Orchestra and choir with stationary soloists -- 16.3 Recording live opera for cinema, DVD, TV, radio, or CD -- 16.4 Recording live opera at the Royal Opera House: microphone set-ups -- 16.5 Mixing opera to 5.1 surround for cinema -- Part III After the recording session -- 17 Mixing -- 17.1 Choosing and blending microphone sources into a static balance -- 17.2 Riding levels on ancillary microphones -- 17.3 Use of EQ and high-pass filters -- 17.4 Use of delays -- 17.5 Reverb: natural and artificial -- 17.6 Riding overall levels -- 18 Editing and post-production -- 18.1 Aims and philosophy of editing -- 18.2 Requirements of a classical editing system -- 18.3 Source-destination editing -- 18.4 Classical post-production workflow…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Obligation to Society at Large -- Obligation to Investors -- Obligation to Employees -- Obligation to Customers -- Managerial Obligation -- Conclusion -- Keywords -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Case Study: Tata Steel: A Company That Also Makes Steel -- Chapter 3: Landmarks in the Emergence of Corporate Governance -- Introduction -- Developments in the US -- Developments in the UK -- Corporate Governance Committees -- Cadbury Committee on Corporate Governance, 1992 -- The Paul Ruthman Committee -- The Greenbury Committee, 1995 -- The Hampel Committee, 1995 -- The Combined Code, 1998 -- The Turnbull Committee, 1999 -- World Bank on Corporate Governance -- OECD Principles -- McKinsey Survey on Corporate Governance -- Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002 -- Indian Committees and Guidelines -- Working Group on the Companies Act, 1996 -- Deficiencies of the Companies' 1956 Act -- The Confederation of Indian Industry's Initiative -- Recommendations of the CII'S Code of Corporate Governance -- SEBI's Initiatives -- Kumar Mangalam Birla Committee, 1999 -- SEBI's Response -- Naresh Chandra Committee Report, 2002 -- SEBI's Follow-up on Birla Committee Report -- Rationale for a Review of the Birla Code -- Narayana Murthy Committee Report, 2003 -- Mandatory Recommendations -- Dr. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Creating alternative pipelines with Lambda Functions -- Creating and configuring a Lambda Function -- Completing your configurations and deploying a Lambda function -- Working with step functions -- Scaling applications with SageMaker deployment and AWS Autoscaling -- Scenario 1 - Fluctuating inference workloads -- Autoscaling solution -- Steps -- Example code snippet -- Scenario 2 - The batch processing of large datasets -- Autoscaling solution -- Steps -- Example code snippet -- Scenario 3 - A multi-model endpoint with dynamic traffic -- Autoscaling solution -- Steps -- Example code snippet -- Scenario 4 - Continuous Model Monitoring with drift detection -- Autoscaling solution -- Steps -- Securing SageMaker applications -- Summary -- Exam Readiness Drill - Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 11: Accessing the Online Practice Resources -- Index -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The impact of the video game industry -- Photorealism and the real-synthetic domain shift -- Time, effort, and cost -- Generating synthetic data using video games -- Utilizing games for general data collection -- Utilizing games for social studies -- Utilizing simulation games for data generation -- Challenges and limitations -- Controllability -- Game genres and limitations on synthetic data generation -- Realism -- Ethical issues -- Intellectual property -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Exploring Diffusion Models for Synthetic Data -- Technical requirements -- An introduction to diffusion models -- The training process of DMs -- Applications of DMs -- Diffusion models - the pros and cons -- The pros of using DMs -- The cons of using DMS -- Hands-on diffusion models in practice -- Context -- Dataset -- ML model -- Training -- Testing -- Diffusion models - ethical issues -- Copyright -- Bias -- Inappropriate content -- Responsibility -- Privacy -- Fraud and identity theft -- Summary -- Part 4: Case Studies and Best Practices -- Chapter 10: Case Study 1 - Computer Vision -- Transforming industries - the power of computer vision -- The four waves of the industrial revolution -- Industry 4.0 and computer vision -- Synthetic data and computer vision - examples from industry -- Neurolabs using synthetic data in retail -- Microsoft using synthetic data alone for face analysis -- Synthesis AI using synthetic data for virtual try-on -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Case Study 2 - Natural Language Processing -- A brief introduction to NLP -- Applications of NLP in practice -- The need for large-scale training datasets in NLP -- Human language complexity -- Contextual dependence -- Generalization -- Hands-on practical example with ChatGPT -- Synthetic data as a solution for NLP problems -- SYSTRAN Soft's use of synthetic data -- Telefónica's use of synthetic data…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…How permissions and sharing work on Salesforce -- Sharing and performance -- Enforcing sharing -- Sharing records using Apex -- Enforcing object and field permissions -- Understanding Apex class security -- Enforcing permissions and security within SOQL -- Enforcing user mode for all database operations -- Avoiding SOQL injection vulnerabilities -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Utilizing Future Methods -- When to use a future method -- Mixed DML -- Other use cases for future methods -- Defining future methods -- Passing state and coordinating data -- Calling future methods -- Monitoring the execution of future method invocations -- Testing future methods -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Working with Batch Apex -- When to use Batch Apex -- Large data volumes -- Complex logical manipulation processes -- High-volume web service callouts -- Asynchronous queue processing -- Defining a Batch Apex class -- The base interface -- Invoking Batch Apex -- Using Database.executeBatch -- Monitoring Batch Apex -- Exception handling and platform events -- Testing Batch Apex -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Working with Queueable Apex -- What is Queueable Apex? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…13.4 Four Investigation Priorities -- Gastropod Molluscs -- Nematode Worms -- Spiders -- Insect Larvae -- 13.5 Neither Sentience Candidates nor Investigation Priorities: Plants and Unicellular Organisms -- 13.6 Summary of Chapter 13 -- 14: Frontiers of Proportionality -- 14.1 Taking Invertebrates Seriously -- 14.2 Codes of Good Practice and Licensing Schemes -- 14.3 Against Octopus Farming -- 14.4 Towards Humane Slaughter -- 14.5 Summary of Chapter 14 -- Part V: Preparing for Artificial Sentience -- 15: Against Complacency -- 15.1 A Case against Complacency -- 15.2 Sources of Risk 1: Whole-Brain Emulation -- 15.3 Sources of Risk 2: Artificial Evolution -- 15.4 Sources of Risk 3: Minimal Implementations of Cognitive Theories of Consciousness -- 15.5 Summary of Chapter 15 -- 16: Large Language Models and the Gaming Problem -- 16.1 The Gaming Problem: When the System Knows the Criteria -- 16.2 Boxing the AI: Schneider and Turner's 'Artificial Consciousness Test' -- 16.3 The Need for Deep Computational Markers -- 16.4 Summary of Chapter 16 -- 17: The Run-Ahead Principle -- 17.1 Metzinger's Call for a Moratorium -- 17.2 A Moderate Alternative -- 17.3 Will We Soon Need an AI Welfare Law? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Active Disturbance Rejection Control -- The Experiment -- Study Preparation -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Industrial Robots -- Research on Modular Design of Perpendicular Jointed Industrial Robots -- Introduction -- Modular Division and Conceptual Design -- Subdivision and Detailed Design of Execute Module -- Conclusions -- References -- Online Path Planning for Industrial Robots in Varying Environments Using the Curve Shortening Flow Method -- Introduction -- Problem -- State of the Art -- Curve Shortening Flow Method -- Basic Principle -- Equation -- Numerical Solution -- Extension to Three Dimensions -- Results -- Summary and Outlook -- References -- Parallel-Populations Genetic Algorithm for the Optimization of Cubic Polynomial Joint Trajectories for Industrial Robots -- Introduction -- Formulation of Cubic Polynomial Joint Trajectory -- PGA1 Formulation -- PGA2 Formulation -- Optimization Technique Using GA -- Application Examples -- Example 1: Comparison with lin83 and tse98 -- Example 2: With Dynamic Constraints -- Conclusions -- References -- Robotics Assembly Applications -- Integrative Path Planning and Motion Control for Handling Large Components -- Introduction -- Motivation -- Path Planning and Motion Control for Robots -- Integrative Path Planning and Control Concept -- Implementation -- Application -- Summary and Outlook -- References -- Automatic Configuration of Robot Systems - Upward and Downward Integration -- Introduction -- Scope of the Paper -- Existing Approaches -- Conceptual Design -- Paradigm Shift -- Characteristics of Modules -- Function Modelling -- Experimental Setup -- Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Process and Human Safety in Human-Robot-Interaction - A Hybrid Assistance System for Welding Applications -- Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- CONSIDERATIONS OF JUSTICE -- Small Benefits to Many Versus Large Benefits to a Few -- What Priority Should Be Given to the Worst-Off or Sickest? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Recommendations for LBW -- Small for Gestational Age -- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with SGA -- SGA as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Risk -- SGA as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Benefit -- Use of SGA as a Nutrition Risk Criterion in the WIC Setting -- Recommendations for SGA -- Short Stature -- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Short Stature -- Short Stature as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Risk -- Short Stature as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Benefit -- Use of Short Stature as a Nutrition Risk Criterion in the WIC Setting -- Recommendation for Short Stature -- Underweight -- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Underweight -- Underweight as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Risk -- Underweight as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Benefit -- Use of Underweight as a Nutrition Risk Criterion in the WIC Setting -- Recommendation for Underweight -- Low Head Circumference -- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with LHC -- LHC as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Risk -- LHC as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Benefit -- Use of LHC as a Nutrition Risk Criterion in the WIC Setting -- Recommendation for LHC -- Large for Gestational Age -- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with LGA -- LGA as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Risk -- LGA as an Indicator of Health and Nutrition Benefit -- Use of the LGA as a Nutrition Risk Criterion in the WIC Setting -- Recommendations for LGA -- Overweight -- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Overweight -- Overweight as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Risk -- Overweight as an Indicator of Nutrition and Health Benefit -- Use of the Overweight as a Nutrition Risk Criterion in the WIC Setting -- Recommendation for Overweight -- Slow Growth -- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Slow Growth…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.3 DFT Analysis of the FMCW Channel Sounder Using a Heterodyne Detector 259 -- 5.3.1 Snapshot Impulse Response Analysis 260 -- 5.3.2 Frequency Response Analysis 263 -- 5.3.3 Estimation of the Delay Doppler Function 266 -- 5.4 Spectral Analysis of Network Analyzer Data via the IDFT 268 -- 5.5 DFT Analysis of CW Measurements for Estimation of the Doppler Spectrum 268 -- 5.6 Estimation of the Channel Frequency Response via the Hilbert Transform 269 -- 5.7 Parametric Modelling 269 -- 5.7.1 ARMA Modelling 271 -- 5.7.2 AR Modelling 271 -- 5.7.3 Practical Implementation of Parametric Modelling 271 -- 5.7.4 Parametric Modelling for Interference Reduction 272 -- 5.7.5 Parametric Modelling for Enhancement of Multipath Resolution 274 -- 5.8 Estimation of Power Delay Profile 276 -- 5.8.1 Noise Threshold 277 -- 5.8.2 Stationarity Test 280 -- 5.9 Small-Scale Characterization 286 -- 5.9.1 Time Domain Parameters 287 -- 5.9.2 Estimation of the Coherent Bandwidth 288 -- 5.9.3 Statistical Modelling of the Time Variations of the Channel Response 291 -- 5.10 Medium/Large-Scale Characterization 292 -- 5.10.1 CDF Representation 292 -- 5.10.2 Estimation of Path Loss 293 -- 5.10.3 Relating RMS Delay Spread to Path Loss and Distance 296 -- 5.10.4 Frequency Dependence of Channel Parameters 299 -- 5.11 Multiple Antenna Array Processing for Estimation of Direction of Arrival 301 -- 5.11.1 Theoretical Considerations for the Estimation of Direction of Arrival 303 -- 5.11.2 Spectral-Based Array Processing Techniques 308 -- 5.11.3 Parametric Methods 312 -- 5.11.4 Joint Parametric Techniques 316 -- 5.12 Practical Considerations of DOA Estimation 319 -- 5.12.1 Choice of Antenna Array 320 -- 5.12.2 Array Calibration 322 -- 5.12.3 Estimation of Direction of Arrival 326 -- 5.12.4 Estimation of Direction of the Arrival/Direction of Departure 331 -- 5.13 Estimation of MIMO Capacity 333 -- References 333 -- 6 Radio Link Performance Prediction 337 -- 6.1 Radio Link Simulators 337 -- 6.2 Narrowband Stochastic Radio Channel Simulator 338.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.2.3 Elements of Zapping Delay 156 -- 6.3 Proposed Methods for Reducing Channel-Zapping Time 158 -- 6.3.1 Client-Based Methods 158 -- 6.3.1.1 Pre-Joining Neighbouring Channels 158 -- 6.3.1.2 Tracking User Behaviour 159 -- 6.3.1.3 Ordering Pre-Join Channels in the List 161 -- 6.3.2 Content-Based Methods 163 -- 6.3.3 Network-Based Methods 167 -- 6.3.3.1 Improving Zap Response Time for IPTV 169 -- 6.3.3.2 A Novel Channel Switching Scenario in Multicast IPTV Networks 169 -- 6.3.3.3 IGMP for IPTV Services in Passive Optical Networks 170 -- 6.3.3.4 Implementation of EIGMP for Fast IPTV Channel Change in GEPON 171 -- 6.3.3.5 Advanced Scheme to Reduce IPTV Channel-Zapping Time 172 -- 6.3.4.1 An Effective IPTV Channel Control Algorithm Considering Channel-Zapping Time and Network Utilisation 172 -- 6.3.4.2 Multicast Instant Channel Change (ICC) in IPTV Systems 174 -- 6.3.4.3 IPTV Channel Switching Delay Reduction Through Predicting Subscribers’ Behaviours and Preferences 175 -- 6.3.5 Programme-Based Methods 176 -- 6.4 Discussion 177 -- 6.5 Summary 180 -- References 180 -- 7 Delivering High-Definition IPTV Services over IP-Based Networks 185 /Seongik Hong -- 7.1 Introduction 185 -- 7.2 HD Video Compression 188 -- 7.2.1 Issues for HD Video Transmission 188 -- 7.2.1.1 Issue 1: Large Bandwidth Requirements 188 -- 7.2.1.2 Issue 2: QoS 189 -- 7.2.1.3 Issue 3: Network Responsiveness/Instant Channel Change 189 -- 7.2.2 Solutions 190 -- 7.2.2.1 Solution 1: Solving Large Bandwidth Requirements 190 -- 7.2.2.2 Solution 2-1: QoS: Protocols and Networks 192 -- 7.2.2.3 Solution 2-2: QoS: Reducing Packet Loss 194 -- 7.2.2.4 Solution 3: Solving Instant Channel Change Issue 197 -- 7.3 Future Trends 198 -- 7.4 Conclusion 199 -- References 199 -- 8 IPTV Network Security: Threats and Countermeasures 203 /M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.7.2.2 User-Role Assignments 120 -- 4.7.2.3 Role-Permission Assignments 121 -- 4.7.3 Underground Level: Policies 121 -- 4.7.3.1 Role-Permission Assignment Policy 122 -- 4.7.3.2 User-Role Assignment Policy 123 -- 4.7.4 Case Study: Large-Scale ICS 123 -- 4.7.4.1 RBAC Model-Building Process 124 -- 4.7.4.2 Discussion of Case Study 127 -- 4.7.5 Concluding Remarks 128 -- 4.8 The Future 128 -- 5 Scalability, Workloads, and Performance: Replication, Popularity, Modeling, and Geo-Distributed File Stores 133 /Roy H. …”